Sean Meagher | The Oregonian/OregonLive

About Me:

Sean Meagher (pronounced May-ger) joined OregonLive.com in September of 2005 after earning an invaluable education from the University of Oregon's School of Journalism.
Sean's duties range from video/multimedia/game coverage of Oregon State football and the Portland Trail Blazers, as well as general Internetting of sports for The Oregonian/OregonLive.com.
Call me: smeagher@oregonian.com

With our new flyout navigation, if you hover over the "Sports" tab, the flyout will open up with links to pages like the Blazers, Ducks, Beavers, Timbers, etc. It takes a bit to get used to, but the links are all still there.

You are correct, in the grand scheme these polls do not matter (as with the majority of polls in any situation). Allen, Olshey and Co. won't be referencing these posts in the war room, but there's no harm in getting the pulse of the fan base. For the record, I highly doubt any of these polls are creating any sort of concern for anyone. What we are doing is profiling draft prospects either linked with the Blazers in a mock draft or projected to go in the Blazers' range at 6 and 11.

As with any content on the site, it's not required reading or participation. If you would like to vote, great. If the polls are your cup of tea, that's fine, too.

If you'd like to further discuss, feel free to email: smeagher@oregonlive.com

Unfortunately Miller was a late add. We had not included him in years past and did so this year because a few fans asked to have him included. I got all the panelist commentary in advance of the start to You be the GM and regrettably didn't have Miller in my original emails. Apologies for the void.

Sorry the 2012 version of You be the GM brought out such frustrating and painful emotions for you (definitely not our intent to make anyone PO'd). But as your comment points out, it was a difficult season to be a Blazers fan (I remember the 21 and 27-win seasons and the year Ricky Davis -- Ricky Davis! -- said the Blazers were a joke as a more embarrassing time, but that's just me). There is plenty of potential moving forward and with the draft and free agency just around the corner, we'll have the rest of the summer to examine it all.

The polling tool only allows one vote per IP address. But the more savvy users out there I'm sure can figure out ways around the one-vote limit. Looking at the results, no one is stacking the vote at all.

Every year after the roster is wrapped up, we move on to the coach, current GM, and even Paul Allen (even though it doesn't "technically" make sense if you're going by the title) in the voting process: http://www.oregonlive.com/blazers/index.ssf/trail-blazers-you-be-the-gm-2011.html
We will include Larry Miller this year as well.

Sports teams like the Heat, Thunder and Jazz are often referred to (and written about) in singular terms, as Barry Jackson of the Miami Herald does above. It's usually a style preference of the media outlet.

As has been explained on a few occasions over the last two weeks, this is the 10th edition of You be the GM and remains one of the most popular annual features on OregonLive.com. We've done the same feature when the team was in the dark days of winning 21 games, through its return to the playoffs and 50-win seasons, and will continue each year going forward. It's user driven and gives Blazers fans the opportunity to sound off on their team, but it's not required reading or participation. If you're interested, join in. If not, that's fine, too.

If you'd like to further discuss any details on You be the GM, my email is always open: smeagher@oregonlive.com